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STATIONA-RY WASH STAND No.283,699. Patented Aug. 21, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT -EEicE.

PATRICK CONNOLLY, OF BROOKLYN, NEI/V YORK.

sTATloNARY WASH-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ?atent No. 283,699, dated August21, 1881?. Application filed November 2,1882. (IVO model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PATRLCK CoNNoLLY, of

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of N ew York, have inventedcertain new and usful Improvements in Stationary Vash-Stands; and I dohereby declare that the following is a fulland exact descriptionthereof.

My invention relates to the means for securing the bowl to the marble orother slab which forms the top of the washstand. For this purpose Iemploy bolts having suilicient heads, and insert the same in holesformed clear through the slab, the nuts being applied under the clampswhich hold the wash-bowl up to thesslab. In this manner a very reliablejunction is secured between the parts. The heads of said bolts may bedecorated in various ways, so as to present an ornamental appearance,and in some cases I utilize the same for the attachment of some usefulde- Avices, such 'as a chain-ring, or a jewelry-cup,

or a soap-dish. In the latter case the bolt carrying the soap-dish ispreferably made hollow, in order to permit the water to drain off Vfromthe dish.

A is the slab forming the top of the wash# stand, and B is 4the bowl, ofcrockery or other suitable material, having a flange, B', which' applieson the lower surface of the slab A, the joint being preferablyT madetightby means of plaster-oiparis or any other suitable cement.

D are bolts, the heads D of which are received in recesses formed in theupper face of.

the slab A. The Shanks of said bolts extend downward through the slab Aand the clamps C, andreceive thumb-nuts D, which serve to press theclamps (l firmly against the flange B' of the bowl B on one side andagainst the slab A on the other. It will thus be seen that with the slabA is received by the entire thickness of the slab A, thus making anunusually reliable fastening, which cannot be attained by the ordinarymanner of setting the bolts in lead, cast or calked into cavities formedon the bottom surface of the'slab. In order to prevent the bolts D fromturning when the thumb-nuts D2 are turned, I form the same,near theirheads,with a dog or projection, d, which enters into a correspondingrecess in the material of the slab, thus preventunderstood. rElie headsD of the bolts are formed with a small tapped hole, which receives thescrewstud cof any suitable ornament, E, which applies upon the uppersurface of the slab, and serves to give to the entire stand anornamental. aspect. In many eases I propose to make the ornament E ofsuch a shape that it will serve, besides the merely ornamental purpose,a useful function.

Fig. 3 shows a piece, E, which may be used as a cup for receivingfinger-rings, &c., while the basin is being used. I

Fig. 4 shows an ornament, E, made in the shape of a stud for receivingthe chain-ring.

Fig. 1 shows on the left side, an ornament, E', made in the form of asoap-dish. In this latter case I make the bolt D, and also the ornamentE, hollow, as shown at d', so that `the dish E may be constantly drainedof the water that may collect therein, the lower extremity of thebowlbeing preferably connected by a coupling, I-I, shown in dotted lines, tothe ordinarydischarge-pipe ofthe wash-stand. In order to preventparticles of soap from clogging the drain-hole, I protect the same by ascrew-cap, G, as indicated, the water entering through small lateralholes, which are efciently protected against clogging by the head g ofthe cap G.

In the modification 4shown in Fig. 5, I form thebolt D in two parts,connected with each other by a balland-soclret joint. `be useful in caseeither the' head D or nut D2 should not find a level. bearing, as thejoint in ythe bolt will allow the parts always to assume such positionsas will insure a strong and perthe strain which retains the bowl B incontact ing any turning o'f the bolts, as will be easily Y This may IOOfeet contact `of both the head D' and nut D2 on l' theirbearing-surfaces.

I claim as my inyentionl. The slab A, bowl B B', and clamps C, incombination with bolts D D', passing clear through the slab A, andserving each .to unite the parts by a direct strain on the slab A andclamps G, by means of nut D', substan- 3. The hollow bolt D D', and thedish E', having a hollow stem, E, and screw-stud e, combined, as shown,with the nut D2, clamp C, bowl B By', and slab A, substantially as andfor the purposes herein specified.

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my hand, at New York city, this31st day of October, 1882, in the presence of two subscribing tially asherein specified. witnesses;

2. The slab A, bowl B B', and clamps C, in combination with a bolt, D'D', extending PATRICK CONNOLLY. through the slab, having nut D2, andhaving` v an ornamental device of larger diameter Witnesses:

tapped into its head, substantially as and for M. F. BOYLE,

the purposes` herein specified.

H. A. JoHNsToN.

